11th Annual O’Connor’s West Michigan Brew Off

Awards

Judges

Paul Curran, Brandon Edwards, Gerald Gavin, Gregory Hickey, Mies Martin, Matthew Mead, Andrew Perry, Ben Price, Ian Purvis, Gregory Sanial, William Smith, Brian Stephens, Drew Thiel, Doug Vohden, Timothy Wicklund

Stewards

Andrew Brouwers, Bridget Gaier, Chris Hewitt, Mark Hofmann, David Kilgore, Lawrence Poleski, Bob Rogers, Shawn Roman, Eric Slater

By the Numbers

120 Entries 68 Entrants

15 Judges 9 Stewards

52 Placing Entries

Table 1: Table 1 Pale European Lager

7 entries

Judges: Gregory Sanial (Head Judge), Drew Thiel

1st

Daniel Kukuk

Motor City Mashers

Rockhopper (2A: International Pale Lager)

2nd

Matthew Christians & Heidi Vandenberg

Capra Aegagrus (4C: Helles Bock)

3rd

Nick Rodammer

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Hana Helles (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 2: Table 2 European Amber

7 entries

Judges: Mies Martin, Andrew Perry (Head Judge)

1st

Gregory Sanial

PrimeTime Brewers

Bruno Marzen Is A Singer (6A: Märzen)

2nd

Lee Bentley

Cass River Home Brew Club

Kaiser Wedding (2B: International Amber Lager)

3rd

William Smith

PrimeTime Brewers

Maillard Or Bust! (6C: Dunkels Bock)

Table 3: Table 3 IPA

8 entries

Judges: Drew Thiel, Timothy Wicklund (Head Judge)

1st

Brian Stephens

Keepers of Craft

Mosaic Mo' Problems (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Lori Kula

Cass River Home Brew Club

Swagmatic (21C: Hazy IPA)

3rd

Matthew Mead

PrimeTime Brewers

West Michigan Champagne Of Beers! (21B7: Brut IPA)

Table 4: Table 4 Wheat beer

8 entries

Judges: Brandon Edwards

1st

Maryah Miller

Brew-Boozled (10A: Weissbier)

2nd

Shane Gritzmaker

Keepers of Craft

Hefeweizen (10A: Weissbier)

3rd

Lawrence Poleski

JGB's Weizenbock (10C: Weizenbock)

Ian Purvis

PrimeTime Brewers

Old School Hefe (10A: Weissbier)

Table 5: Table 5 Belgian strong and monastic beer

10 entries

Judges: Gregory Hickey (Head Judge), Ben Price

1st

Matthew Bair

Rivertown Homebrewers

Witbier (24A: Witbier)

2nd

Andrew Brouwers

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Patersbier (26A: Belgian Single)

3rd

Josh Dugger

Cass River Home Brew Club

Mice And Gods (25B: Saison)

Matthew Walsh-Sarnecki

Cass River Home Brew Club

Belgian Dark Strong (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

Table 6: Pale American Ale

8 entries

Judges: Gerald Gavin, Timothy Wicklund (Head Judge)

1st

Chad Faulstick

Wheeling Alers

The 304 (18A: Blonde Ale)

2nd

Scott Mars

Oh So Pale (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Ian Purvis

PrimeTime Brewers

Harvest Pale (18B: American Pale Ale)

Table 7: Fruit Beer

7 entries

Judges: Mies Martin, Matthew Mead (Head Judge)

1st

Daniel Kurtz

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Fruity Sour (29A: Fruit Beer)

2nd

Gerald Gavin

PrimeTime Brewers

Prickly Man Passion (LSX4: Catharina Sour)

3rd

Paul Curran

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Strawberry Sour (29A: Fruit Beer)

Chris Hewitt

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Roas Pineapple Sour (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 8: Smoked Beer, Spice Herb Vegetable Beer, Alternative Fermentable Beer, Mixed Fermentation Beer

10 entries

Judges: Brian Stephens, Doug Vohden (Head Judge)

1st

Nick Rodammer

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Brux Grisette (28A: Brett Beer)

2nd

Chad Banks

PrimeTime Brewers

Wee Bit Sour (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

3rd

Jeffrey Bair

Lewdly Lyrical Lofty Laborious Liminal Lambic (23D: Lambic)

Matt Ransom

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Cherrywood Porter (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)

Table 9: Pale Bitter European Beer

10 entries

Judges: William Smith, Brian Stephens (Head Judge)

1st

Stan Strait

Let There Be Light.......Beer (5B: Kölsch)

2nd

Matt Ransom

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Czech Please (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

3rd

David Beerens

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Czech Pale Lager (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

4th

Daniel Kukuk

Motor City Mashers

Stella Pilseria (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)

Jeff Pregenzer

Keepers of Craft

Mittagtrinken (5A: German Leichtbier)

Table 10: Brown and Red British, Irish, and Scottish Ale

9 entries

Judges: Paul Curran (Head Judge), Matthew Mead

1st

Rick Burkhardt

Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Darkness On The Edge Of Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)

2nd

William Smith

PrimeTime Brewers

Irish Mouths Are Smiling (15A: Irish Red Ale)

3rd

Craig Buno

Rivertown Homebrewers

Derby Views (13A: Dark Mild)

Table 11: Stout and Porter

10 entries

Judges: Ian Purvis, Doug Vohden (Head Judge)

1st

Bryce Hunter

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Porter (20A: American Porter)

2nd

Matthew Mead

PrimeTime Brewers

Slava Ukraini (20C: Imperial Stout)

3rd

Rick Eefsting & Mitch Eefsting

Potters Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)

Table 12: British Bitter, Pale Commonwealth Beer

5 entries

Judges: Ben Price, Ian Purvis (Head Judge)

1st

Craig Buno

Rivertown Homebrewers

Blades And Brews (12C: English IPA)

2nd

Paul Arends

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

British Golden Ale (12A: British Golden Ale)

3rd

Larry Kula

Cass River Home Brew Club

Pride Of London (12A: British Golden Ale)

Table 13: Dark and Strong European Beer

6 entries

Judges: Paul Curran, Gregory Hickey (Head Judge)

1st

Charles Gies

Rivertown Homebrewers

Baltic Porter (9C: Baltic Porter)

2nd

Timothy Wicklund

Keepers of Craft

Last Beer For Category 9 (9C: Baltic Porter)

3rd

Bryce Hunter

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Schwarzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)

Steve Morren

Rivertown Homebrewers

BaDonkaDunkel (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 14: Amber, Brown, and Historical Amber beer

7 entries

Judges: Gregory Sanial (Head Judge), William Smith

1st

Eric Slater

Rivertown Homebrewers

Joe Roggan Experience (27A8: Roggenbier)

2nd

Pete Pafford

Cass River Home Brew Club

Pete's Awesome Amber (19A: American Amber Ale)

3rd

Brandon Edwards

Keepers of Craft

Dark Corn Water (27A2: Kentucky Common)

Table 15: Strong Ale and Wood Aged Beer

8 entries

Judges: Gerald Gavin, Andrew Perry (Head Judge)

1st

Paul Arends

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

BBA Imperial Stout (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Eric Nelson

Rivertown Homebrewers

Bigfoot (17D: English Barley Wine)

3rd

Phillip Reik

Lord Barrington Export Ale (17A: British Strong Ale)

Best of Show

Beer

1st

Nick Rodammer

Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club

Brux Grisette (28A: Brett Beer)

2nd

Matthew Bair

Rivertown Homebrewers

Witbier (24A: Witbier)

3rd

Brian Stephens

Keepers of Craft

Mosaic Mo' Problems (21A: American IPA)

WMBO Champion Club

17 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	HM	Score
1st	Brewsquitos Homebrewing Club	4	3	4	0	2	22.0013040
2nd	Rivertown Homebrewers	4	1	1	0	1	15.0007040
3rd	PrimeTime Brewers	1	4	3	0	1	14.0009010
4th	Cass River Home Brew Club	0	3	2	0	1	8.0006000
5th	Keepers of Craft	1	2	1	0	1	8.0005010
6th	Motor City Mashers	1	0	0	1	0	3.0002010
7th	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)	1	0	0	0	0	3.0001010

11th Annual O’Connor’s West Michigan Brew Off

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Stewards

By the Numbers

Table 1: Table 1 Pale European Lager

Table 2: Table 2 European Amber

Table 3: Table 3 IPA

Table 4: Table 4 Wheat beer

Table 5: Table 5 Belgian strong and monastic beer

Table 6: Pale American Ale

Table 7: Fruit Beer

Table 8: Smoked Beer, Spice Herb Vegetable Beer, Alternative Fermentable Beer, Mixed Fermentation Beer

Table 9: Pale Bitter European Beer

Table 10: Brown and Red British, Irish, and Scottish Ale

Table 11: Stout and Porter

Table 12: British Bitter, Pale Commonwealth Beer

Table 13: Dark and Strong European Beer

Table 14: Amber, Brown, and Historical Amber beer

Table 15: Strong Ale and Wood Aged Beer

Best of Show

Beer

WMBO Champion Club

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners